Charles Beadle

A lost modern masterpiece, Dark Refuge is now available for the first time since 1938. No other Anglo-Saxon author from this period describes the Parisian demimonde so accurately, because to do so would risk being thrown into jail. With thinly disguised portraits of Modigliani, Max Jacob, Beatrice Hastings, Natalie Clifford Barney, Leopold Zborowski, and other legendary modernists who haunt the underworld of the 1910s and '20s, its brazen account of drug-fueled pansexual orgies prevented the censorable chronicle from being distributed outside of France, despite its literary merit and lyrical beauty. The author of seven other novels, Charles Beadle was a world traveler who was born at sea in 1881. When he was 18 years old he spent a dozen years exploring Africa. In his mid-20s he organized an expedition to Fez and traveled there disguised as a dancing girl, to interview the sultan of Morocco. In the 1910s he lived in Montmartre, where he befriended Beatrice Hastings, the mistress of Modigliani and translator of Max Jacob. Modigliani later portrayed Beadle in a drawing. During WWI he journeyed across America and published genre fiction in Adventure magazine. After the war he returned to Paris, later moving to the Riviera. In 1941 Faber and Faber published Artist Quarter, a nonfiction work co-authored by Beadle and Douglas Goldring and considered to be the urtext of all Modigliani biography. Published for the first time since 1938, this edition of Dark Refuge features over 200 annotated notes that include previously unknown details about the author's life and that create a multileveled context for the novel. This is followed by an Afterword, "The Dark Refuge of Charles Beadle," in which Rob Couteau traces Beadle's biography from his earliest years to his disappearance in the 1940s. It includes previously unpublished letters, documents, and photos as well an artfully rendered summary and analysis of Beadle's greatest work. In a brief Postscript, author Christopher Sawyer-Lau anno concludes that Beadle has created "a tremendous modernist novel that should rank among other classics such as Tropic of Cancer, Nightwood, Nadja, Ulysses, To the Lighthouse, and, of course, Naked Lunch." This is the Third, Revised Edition.

The 1908 Battle of Marrakech forms the narrative nucleus of Charles Beadle's first novel, now back in print for the first time since 1911. The battle resulted in the defeat of Sultan Aziz, who was deposed by his brother, the "Pretender" Sultan Moulay Hafid, whom Beadle interviewed a few months before Hafid usurped the throne. Although the details of the skirmish remain murky, historians regard Beadle's novel as the most accurate account of the conflict. The City of Shadows also portrays a story of forbidden love between Zahra, a young native Moroccan woman, and the protagonist, a British adventurer named Paul. Reminiscent of Tristan and Isolde, Zahra's declaration of love violates fundamental social hierarchies and religious traditions, yet she decides that punishment, banishment, or even death is a small price to pay for following her heart.

Venture into the heart of Africa in Charles Beadle's "Witch-Doctors," a thrilling adventure exploring the intricate relationship between indigenous peoples and the supernatural. This meticulously prepared edition offers a glimpse into a world where witch doctors hold sway, their influence woven into the fabric of daily life. Experience a culture rich in tradition and mystery, where the line between the natural and the supernatural blurs. "Witch-Doctors" is a powerful exploration of cultural heritage, steeped in the action and adventure of a bygone era. Discover a timeless tale of belief and power, offering a unique perspective on life in Central Africa. This captivating work of fiction will transport you to a different time and place, offering a thought-provoking look at a world shaped by ancient customs.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

In 1915, Charles Beadle had the honor of creating a banned literary novel, A Passionate Pilgrimage, one of ten books blacklisted between 1914 and 1916 by Britain's Circulating Libraries Association. By today's standards, there's nothing lewd, graphic, or obscene in this largely autobiographical confession. But for the Britain of 1915, Beadle's carefree portrayal of casual sensual encounters between an unmarried protagonist ("Jim") and various members of the opposite sex was a literary taboo - especially since it doesn't lead to moral retribution. Instead of suffering a fateful nemesis, Jim is focused on how to express his natural instincts without being waylaid by hypocritical doublethink. He also holds unconventional views regarding marriage, religion, and the forging of a personal life philosophy. Bucking the collective morality, he even empathizes with the plight of sex workers, whom he regards as victims deprived of a better life simply because of a bad roll of the dice. The author's sympathetic portrayal of Jim's romantic relationship with a dark-skinned African native, whom he regards as a more worthwhile companion than her "proper" Victorian counterparts, must have been a difficult pill for the contemporary puritans to swallow. Such notions flew in the face of the "Genteel Tradition" of Anglo-Saxon literature: a convention of "cautious Victorianism" that was about to crumble under fledgling but mounting attacks by courageous authors such as Theodore Dreiser (another censored innovator, with whom Beadle was personally acquainted), who sought to explore the unspoken realities of contemporary life. The upcoming decade of the Twenties would mark a full-frontal assault by the literary giants of the avant-garde; thus, A Passionate Pilgrimage appears at the very cusp of this creative revolution. Drawing directly from personal experience, Beadle affords us a rare glimpse into the underbelly of Victorian society, breaking through the "mind-forg'd manacles" of what was then considered an "acceptable" or "tasteful" tale and exploring points of view that only an anti-Victorian story might dare encompass. With the Obelisk Press publication of his seventh novel, Dark Refuge (1938), he produced an even more provocative chronicle - and one that was also banned in the Anglo-Saxon world due to its brazen portrayal of the Parisian demimonde of the interwar years. Therefore, both of these censored books portray the shifting mores of the times and encompass a major trajectory in the author's life. Newly revised, with over 200 annotations.

In 1938 Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press published Beadle's last novel, Dark Refuge: an unrecognized modern masterpiece that quickly fell into obscurity despite its literary merit and lyrical beauty. It contains thinly disguised portraits of Modigliani, Max Jacob, Beatrice Hastings, Natalie Clifford Barney, L opold Zborowski, and various other figures who haunted the Parisian demimonde of this period.

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